applied to and received acceptance to 85 of the Top 100. Besides having strong curricular offerings, Edgewood also provides students options for expanding their academic pursuits. A robotics team, math team, Science Olympiad, National Honor Society, environmental club, honor societies for Spanish and Latin students, book club, strategy games club, political/current events club, multicultural club and other groups organize activities, trips and competitive opportunities. Key Club, STAR (Sisters Taking Active Roles), Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Class/Executive Council, Dominican Preaching Team, LINK Crew and Leadership Corps all provide opportunities to learn skills, exercise leadership and engage in personal growth activities. Fine arts The annual Fine Arts Festival brings professional guest artists, performers, and musicians to the school, offers a student talent showcase, includes a student/faculty hosted film festival with commentary, and exhibits a juried selection of two- and three-dimensional art. The Drama Department stages two productions per year, involving more than 100 students in each, either on stage or on technical crews. Since the inception of the Overture Center for the Arts Tommy Awards in 2009–2010, Edgewood High School musicals have earned "Outstanding Musical" honors for Anything Goes (2010), Hairspray (2011), West Side Story (2012), Guys and Dolls (2013) and Mary Poppins (2015). Extra-curriculars include an improv comedy troupe, Laughing Stock, and one-act play competitions. Edgewood participates in the Young Playwrights program as part of a course in which students write their own one-act plays, which are entered into competition against other participating schools. Students may choose from instrumental ensembles, including concert bands, orchestra, jazz ensembles, chamber music ensembles (woodwinds, brass, percussion, small combos), pep band, pit orchestra and handbells. Group and individual piano classes are also offered. Vocal ensembles include the Edgewood chorus, concert choir, and Crusader Singers show choir. Students may join the Edgetones a cappella group that performs original arrangements. Visual/studio arts range from photography, drawing, painting and commercial design to jewelry, architecture and ceramics. The school participates in the annual Badger Conference Art Show and the Congressional Art Show. Edgewood opened a new Performing Arts Center, named for longtime music teacher Dennis McKinley, in August 2019. The Dennis McKinley Performing Arts Center is home to the school's Band, Orchestra, Choir Piano and Theater programs, bringing nearly all of the school's fine arts programs under one roof. The new auditorium built as a part of the expansion seats over 400 and is host to both of the Drama